Cinnabar Bricks — Minecraft block

Cinnabar Bricks

Ornate red brick block from Minecraft 26.2, crafted from Polished Cinnabar for castles and temples.

Block ID minecraft:cinnabar_bricks
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
26.2

Description

Cinnabar Bricks form an ornate red masonry block introduced in Minecraft 26.2 "Chaos Cubed" alongside the Sulfur Caves biome. Cinnabar Bricks craft from four Polished Cinnabar arranged in a 2x2 grid, yielding four bricks per cycle, or from a single Polished Cinnabar at the stonecutter. Cinnabar Bricks display a tight brick-pattern texture suited to castle walls, temple facades, and infernal-themed builds. Cinnabar Bricks act as the parent block for the Cinnabar Brick Slab, Cinnabar Brick Stairs, and Cinnabar Brick Wall variants. Cinnabar Bricks share the mineral palette of the Sulfur Caves and contrast cleanly with basalt, blackstone, and netherrack accents.

Java & Bedrock Guide

How to get and use Cinnabar Bricks in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Mine cinnabar in Sulfur Caves

    Explore the Sulfur Caves biome added in Minecraft 26.2 and break the bright-red cinnabar veins with a wooden pickaxe or better; mining without a pickaxe drops nothing.

  2. 2

    Make Polished Cinnabar

    Place four cinnabar blocks in a 2x2 crafting grid, or cut a cinnabar block at the stonecutter, to produce Polished Cinnabar.

  3. 3

    Craft the Cinnabar Bricks

    Arrange four Polished Cinnabar in a 2x2 grid to get four Cinnabar Bricks per cycle, or cut Polished Cinnabar at the stonecutter for one brick each.

  4. 4

    Build with the brick set

    Turn Cinnabar Bricks into the Cinnabar Brick Slab, Cinnabar Brick Stairs, and Cinnabar Brick Wall by crafting or stonecutting for full red masonry builds.

Edition note

Cinnabar Bricks arrived in Java Edition 26.2 and Bedrock Edition 26.30 as part of the Chaos Cubed drop. The Chiseled Cinnabar variant is currently a Bedrock-only stonecutter option.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Polished Cinnabar Polished Cinnabar x4
Crafting
Polished Cinnabar Polished Cinnabar
Polished Cinnabar Polished Cinnabar
Cinnabar Bricks
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Cinnabar Bricks

Used in crafts

Related blocks

Frequently asked questions

How do you craft Cinnabar Bricks?

Place four Polished Cinnabar in a 2x2 crafting grid to get four Cinnabar Bricks, or cut Cinnabar or Polished Cinnabar at the stonecutter for one brick each.

Where do you find cinnabar in Minecraft?

Cinnabar generates in bright-red veins inside the Sulfur Caves biome added in Minecraft 26.2 'Chaos Cubed'.

What tool breaks Cinnabar Bricks fastest?

A pickaxe. You need at least a wooden pickaxe to collect the block; mining it by hand or with the wrong tool drops nothing.

What variants do Cinnabar Bricks have?

Cinnabar Bricks form a full set: Cinnabar Brick Slab, Cinnabar Brick Stairs, and Cinnabar Brick Wall, plus Chiseled Cinnabar on Bedrock.

What version added Cinnabar Bricks?

They were added in Java Edition 26.2 and Bedrock Edition 26.30 as part of the Chaos Cubed update.

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